Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
Belong to the works of the flesh
Gal 5:19; Gal 5:21
Are transitory
Job 21:12-13; Heb 11:25
Vain
Ecc 2:11
Choke the word of God in the heart
Luk 8:14
Formed a part of idolatrous worship
Exo 32:4; Exo 32:6; Exo 32:19; 1Co 10:7; Jdg 16:23-25
Lead to rejection of God
Job 21:14-15
Lead to poverty
Pro 21:17
Lead to disregard of the judgments and works of God
Isa 5:12; Amo 6:1-6
Terminate in sorrow
Pro 14:13
Lead to greater evil
Job 1:5; Mat 14:6-8
Wicked seek for happiness in
Ecc 2:1; Ecc 2:8
Indulgence in:
– A proof of folly
Ecc 7:4
– A characteristic of the wicked
Isa 47:8; Eph 4:17; Eph 4:19; 2Ti 3:4; Tit 3:3; 1Pe 4:3
– A proof of spiritual death
1Ti 5:6
– An abuse of riches
Jas 5:1; Jas 5:5
– Wisdom of abstaining from
Ecc 7:2-3
– Shunned by the primitive saints
1Pe 4:3
Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
1Pe 4:4
Denounced by God
Isa 5:11-12
Exclude from the kingdom of God
Gal 5:21
Punishment of
Ecc 11:9; 2Pe 2:13
Renunciation of, exemplified by Moses
Heb 11:25 Dancing; Games; Pleasure, Worldly; Worldliness